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On 11-06-28 08:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion, what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their brutal and savage debunking. thanks. rday
#0. "open-source" is a synonym of "free software". It isn't. > On 28/06/11 08:35 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote:
#1. Open-source is written by amateurs and must be very-low quality. #2. Open-source can only imitate, not innovate. #3. Open-source is harder to use. #4. Open-source is harder to install. #5. You get what you pay for: open-source can not be used to do real work.
#6. Open-source guarantees better code. This is often NOT the case, but isn't an issue to the Free Software world.
#7. Open-source leads to greater collaboration. Most projects on Sourceforge have but one contributor.
#8. Open-source is a movement. It's a development model, Free Software is the movement.
George